Pastor of Discipleship at White Oak Baptist,Gville, Prof of Pastoral Theology and Director of Academics @BJUSeminary.
Alumn @SBTS, @DBTSeminary, @BJUSeminary
@SamRainer Sam, I think this theory is helpful. I also think many identified SBC churches moved toward being practically non-denominational (in name and in particulars of doctrine) while still being in cooperation with the SBC. This move has also attracted believers you describe.
"Soul Care" has returned from history as perhaps the most popular term in biblical counseling. I hear it a lot. It sounds spiritual, but I'm not sure it is sufficient for all the Bible addresses.
@hulsey95@warne A tough example to follow, but my encouragement in reading Baxter is to note how wholly committed he was to his parish. It is hard for us pastors today to give entire focus to our local church and surrounding community.
When a church’s trellis is broken, its ministry vine can’t grow. This is why church operations—the daily management of people, finances, and processes—is so necessary.
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70 years ago today these men departed the land of the dying for the land of the living. They gave what they could not keep to gain what they could not lose.
An old Mark Dever workshop: We design our worship [emphasis on congregational singing] so that "if the electricity goes out, the Holy Spirit is still here."
There is a close tie to our "response" and our "responsibility." The more responsible we are for a job/place/person, the less blatantly critical our responses are.